Xueyizhuang is a distance away from Liangdu, forming a corner with the most popular Huixianglou outside the Liangdu City, because it is not in a straight line, the popularity of Huixianglou does not affect the tranquility of Xueyizhuang, but there is a little bit of badness, that is, Xueyizhuang is less than two miles away from the royal hunting ground, and the current emperor is the uncle of the aftertaste, his biggest hobby is to go to the paddock to hunt, every three or five out of the palace to hunt, after the hunt to Xueyizhuang to visit is nothing new, even if the aftertaste is not in Xueyizhuang when he will come to sit, What's more, now the aftertaste has come home.

Sitting at the round table under the window with a solemn face, looking at the uncle who was sitting opposite him, dressed as a noble lord, and sipping plum wine comfortably, his head hurt a little, maybe because of today's cloudy day.

Now it's just past noon, just after noon, Liang Shuo came to be a guest, that is to say, he came out to hunt very early, and calculating the distance from the palace to the hunting ground can be deduced that the emperor is not in court today, and the reason why the emperor did not go to the court can never be because he likes to have fun, he does like to have fun, but he will never let fun delay serious things, and the reason why he can let go of serious things and choose to have fun is only that the group of old guys in the court began to be restless again, so the emperor hid out and planned to dry people.

Aftertaste saw Liang Shuo wearing a pale purple brocade robe, with a Buddha's head and a green jade crown to tie his hair, sitting comfortably on a chair, sipping the green plum wine he had brewed in his early years. Liang Shuo and Liang Jin brothers look very similar, and even when I first met Liang Shuo when I was a child, I felt that the appearance of this uncle and father was too similar. Liang Shuo is five years older than Liang Jin, although he is five years older. He wasn't old, but at this age, his hair was half white. At first, he was still pinching, but later he found that the more he pinched, the less he did, the less he didn't pinch it. Then he began to grow a beard, because it was black, so that he could look younger. He is not old, he is very good at maintenance, and he knows stinky beauty like Liang Jin, so his face is as oily and slippery as Liang Jin, and the grace of the jade-faced son is still there when he was young. But as a superior for too long, after years of baptism and tempering of blood, the introverted and city government deposited made him look a little heavy, and the essence of these heaviness is a kind of haggard that has become accustomed to being tired for too long.

After the aftertaste, I unconsciously remembered Su Miao's words. It's not easy to be an emperor, and what you get in the end is just a faint stroke in the history books.

With a glass of cool green plum wine in his stomach, Liang Shuo exhaled comfortably, smiled and praised:

"Three nephews. Your plum wine here is so good. It's almost time to catch up with your mother's craft! ”

raised his eyes to look at Aftertaste, but found that Aftertaste was staring straight at him: "You kid, why are you looking at me directly?" ”

Aftertaste was silent for a while, and said lightly: "Hair, it's a lot whiter." ”

Liang Shuo was stunned for a moment, subconsciously touched his sideburns with his hand, and then laughed very strangely:

"You kid, why did you say this all of a sudden. Usually you don't even look at your uncle! ”

He called himself "Uncle" in front of several of his nephews, although he was seventh under the Emperor's knees. But he and Liang Jin's brothers had died long before he ascended the throne, even if there were those who lived, they were just surviving, although Liang Shuo did not get rid of them all, he did not recognize their brotherhood, at this point he has a very childish stubbornness in retrospect, he does not recognize any brothers, only recognizes Liang Jin, the younger brother of the same mother and father, so that his nephews and nieces are naturally only the children born to Liang Jin.

After tasting without words, he picked up the chopsticks, slowly took a sea melon seed and put it in his mouth, chewing.

Seeing this, Liang Shuo also put a sea melon seed in his mouth, tasted it carefully for a moment, his eyes narrowed, and he praised it:

"The girl you brought back, the craftsmanship is really not to say, this sea melon seed has no sand at all, it is tender and fresh. The imperial dining room in the palace, the sea melon seeds are too small, they don't handle them well, and they can often eat fine sand when they eat, although I love to eat this taste, but the sand is always exhausted, I don't like to eat it, that girl has the trick of making the sea melon seeds spit sand, let Liang Dehai write it down, and go back to teach the imperial dining room. ”

"I don't know, I'll tell you when I ask." The aftertaste is faint.

"How did you meet that girl, boy?" Liang Shuo was interested, and asked with a smile, as an emperor, he has a hobby that can't be told to outsiders, he loves to listen to stories, the type of stories is not limited, adventure, fantasy, ghosts, romance, as long as it is a story, he loves to listen, so those ministers who are favored by him are not very good at telling stories or gossip and love to inquire about stories.

After reminiscing, he didn't like to tell stories, so he glanced at Liang Shuo and said in a flat tone:

"How did you know, even if my father didn't tell you, my second brother must have told you." They have two personalities in their family, and it is estimated that they follow the emperor.

"I just heard that you have been eating and drinking for nothing in a girl's house for three or four years." Liang Shuo said in a contemptuous tone.

"What do you mean by 'eating and drinking for nothing'? I also worked. If I want to sum it up in one sentence, I've only been in the company for four years, and I have no name or point. "Aftertaste, calmly justified.

He said it so calmly that Liang Dehai, who was waiting next to Liang Shuo, burst out laughing. The man who can say "into the red" so calmly and not feel embarrassed at all is probably only a young master in the entire Yue Liang country, which can be regarded as the courage of a man...... Right?

Liang Shuo looked at Liang Dehai, Liang Dehai hurriedly restrained his smile, Liang Shuo glanced at the aftertaste, stroked his forehead speechlessly, he let out a long sigh, looked at him, and used an incredible expression:

"No name, no points? Money? You still have royal blood, even if your mother doesn't let you have the surname 'Liang', you are also your father's son and my nephew, can you still have a little more interest, even if your seventh emperor brother has no interest, he didn't say that he wants to go to the rich! ”

"He's a prince, even if you want to go to the prince, you won't agree."

"Nonsense! Even if you want to go, I won't agree! Liang Shuo emphasized loudly.

After reminiscing without saying a word, he looked at him deeply, looked at him for a long time, and suddenly frowned: "My father said that he promised me and Miao'er's relationship, shouldn't he lie to me?" ”

"He didn't lie to you, though he didn't like the girl you brought back. But if you like it, I don't object to it, just. After getting married, you should do something serious for me honestly, don't be like your second brother all day long, after you get married, you will come to the Ice Spring Palace! Liang Shuo ordered in a serious tone.

Obviously, the last sentence was what he wanted to say, and he stopped his chopsticks after the aftertaste and replied lightly:

"I have no plans to enter the court, and I don't have that kind of talent, so staying in the kitchen is more suitable for me. Besides, my mother won't agree. ”

"You are also a big boss, why are you still so afraid of your mother, who said that you have no talent. You don't have the talent, Uncle will let you enter the Ice Spring Palace, which Uncle spent a lot of effort to establish? It is precisely because you have this talent that the uncle let you go, as long as you have this heart, your mother's uncle will block it for you. ”

Aftertaste was silent for a moment, then looked up at him. Whisper emphasis:

"Uncle. My restaurant is running very well. ”

"I still remember when you were five years old, I asked you what you wanted to do in the future, you said that you want to be a general like your father, defend the country, guard the country for me, and protect the people to live and work in peace and contentment. When you were young, you worked hard every day in order to be like your father in the future. Your ability is not lost to your eldest brother at all, you are even more capable than your eldest brother, what happened later that made you change your mind? Liang Shuo looked at his face and asked softly.

Aftertaste lowered his eyes and was silent for a long time before he pulled his lips stiffly, which counted as a smile:

"That's just when I was a child, I was ignorant when I was a child, and I talked nonsense, and I didn't have to be responsible."

Liang Shuo stared at him for a while, and when he saw that he didn't say anything else, he was a little deflated, leaned back in his chair, fiddled with the ice crack porcelain cup in his hand, and said after a while:

"Although I also love your second brother, but your second brother is the blood of the family after all, he is not surnamed Liang and I can't force him, but you are different, your surname is Liang, you shed the blood of the Liang family, you are the child I have high hopes for, I can't let you be a good kid in the kitchen and degenerate for a lifetime, before you were younger, I didn't say anything, but now you also have a beloved girl, you can't live like before, you have a big brother above, you can't inherit the throne, as a man, Since you can't inherit the throne, earn a throne for yourself, whether it's for yourself, for that girl, or for your future children, it's your responsibility to be a man. ”

Aftertaste sat in his chair, half-bowed head, silent, and didn't know if he had listened to him.

Liang Shuo stopped speaking after saying this, and silently sipped the green plum wine, and Liang Dehai on the side was even more transparent, standing without being stunned, and he couldn't even hear the sound of breathing.

This silence lasted until the curtain sounded softly, Su Miao walked in from outside, she led the two maids to bring the last three dishes, and put them on the table steadily, ignoring the stiff and stagnant atmosphere on the table, and said to Liang Shuo with a smile:

"The rabbit meat hunted by the emperor has been prepared, and the craftsmanship of the folk girl does not know whether it suits the emperor's appetite."

Liang Shuo felt that this girl was a little special, saying that she was special because this girl was not afraid of him, it was normal for normal people to panic when they first faced the saint, and this girl was naturally no exception, but from the beginning of her speech, after the strangeness at the beginning subsided, Liang Shuo found that she was not afraid of him, she was a very polite girl, and treated him as an elder politely and respectfully, but this kind of etiquette is only for an elder, not the "emperor" who can be killed at will.

Liang Shuo likes her a little, it is very rare to have such a polite, respectful and unpretentious girl, such a girl is still rare among the aristocratic women in Liang Du, not to mention that she is just a folk girl, this is a little special girl, but it is only special, like Liang Jin, he thinks that this girl is a little low with Ah Wei's status.

Of course, these Liang Shuo would not say it to his face, he smiled: "Girl, your craftsmanship is more exquisite than the imperial kitchen in my imperial dining room, I haven't eaten so comfortably for a long time, and your craftsmanship is almost catching up with your future mother-in-law!" ”

Su Miao listened, just laughed, and was not shy.

Liang Shuo thought that this girl couldn't even pretend to be ashamed, paused, picked up a piece of rabbit meat with chopsticks and put it in her mouth, and tasted it carefully.

It is not uncommon to eat rabbits cold, and the imperial chef in the palace will also do it, but there is a difference between the cold rabbit made by Su Miao and the works of the imperial chef in the palace, the rabbit meat she made is not peeled, but the fresh rabbit is soaked in boiling water, and the skin and meat are retained after removing the hair, and the taste is even more wonderful. After cooking, the moisture in the rabbit meat is retained just right, neither too chai nor too greasy. When processing rabbit meat, she did not marinate the rabbit meat in advance, Rao is so, the cold rabbit after cooking is still delicious, and the mouth is fragrant, which shows her strong control over the heat. The cold rabbit is used in the fresh red pepper of Liangdu real estate, this kind of small red pepper that has just been planted everywhere in Liangdu is spicy and slightly numb, which is very suitable for the appetite of Liangdu people, red and a piece of it on the plate, bright and festive, lining the rabbit meat more and more delicate and smooth, even Liang Shuo, who has eaten all the delicacies of the mountains and seas, can't help but want to lick his lips after eating.

"Foie gras again." Aftertaste stared at another dish of orange foie gras and frowned, "How many times have I said that I don't eat foie gras." ”

"Foie gras is a fine product, it is a good thing, but I marinated it with secret spices and wine for four hours, and then roasted it over slow heat for an hour and a half before it was made, you can eat it." Su Miao grinned and encouraged.

"That's what you said last time you asked me to eat a snail."

"Snails?" Liang Shuo was stunned, thinking that he had misheard.

"Nothing." Su Miao hurriedly intercepted the conversation and said with a smile, for fear that Liang Shuo would mistakenly think that she had abused his three nephews and forced his three nephews to eat snails, saying that baked snails are obviously a world-famous dish, but when she went back to the aftertaste, he was so disgusted that baked snails could commit suicide in shame, she gritted her teeth unwillingly, and smiled at Liang Shuo again, "Your Majesty, try foie gras, this foie gras is more labor-intensive than rabbit meat." ”

Liang Shuo is not a picky eater, he gladly accepted it, picked up a piece of foie gras, dipped a little sauce made of orange juice mixed with peanut oil and fruit vinegar on the side of the plate and put it in his mouth, at that moment, it seemed that even the tip of the tongue was going to melt, and the fat and delicate taste spread in the mouth, which was a very special feeling, the foie gras roasted through the water was pink, and the taste was like drinking a good fruit wine, which was a peaceful and elegant aroma, like a faint chestnut aroma, which has been continuous, stretching fine between the lips and teeth, and the teeth and cheeks are fragrant, Once you taste it, you won't forget its wonderful and charming mellow taste. (To be continued.) )